Zhejiang, which is located south of Shanghai, was one of the first regions of China to construct high-speed rail lines.

High speed rail lines in the country now cover some 25,000 km, equivalent to 60 per cent of the world total.

With projects such as the Beijing-Shanghai line – the fastest in the world with sections that reach up to 350 km per hour – or the link between Hong Kong and the national rail network, in the past few years high-speed trains have become one of the main elements of Chinese infrastructure development.